History of Art: Slipcased (Sixth Edition)41 reviews H.W. Janson, Anthony F. Janson Prentice Hall, 2001 The Continuously Evolving Benchmark + recherche As a student of History during my university days I inevitably came into contact with Janson's benchmark book. I certainly have not been alone in that regard. As with many books in my home library I seek out different editions of many titles. Trends, new revelations and often time re-examination of ...             The Ruin of Kasch4 reviews Roberto Calasso Belknap Press, 1996 Brilliant meditation on Modernity Calasso is one of the greatest modern writers, and his work defies all generic conventions: a fascinating blend of history, poetry, scholarship, and philosophy. The era of great artists and masterpieces has perhaps passed, but there is still room for a genius like Calasso to write this postmodern ...             Borges: Collected Fictions67 reviews Jorge Luis Borges Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 A book you and your doppelganger will both enjoy + Intelligent fiction - makes you think + The path you are to take is endless... + The Greatest Collection + Amazing deal             The Art and Architecture of Islam, 1250-1800 (The Yale University Press Pelican Histor)2 reviews Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom Yale University Press, 1996 Un libro che permette di vedere l'altro volto dell'Islam + GORGEOUS ISLAM Testo fondamentale nello studio dell'arte islamica e in grado di mostrare anche ai meno esperti i tesori di un mondo troppo a lungo sconosciuto in occidente.             My Name Is Red126 reviews Orhan Pamuk Vintage, 2002 I am a reader! + A worthwhile read + My Name is Red + This is a book that I probably never would've read on my own.             The Loom of Language7 reviews Frederick Bodmer W. W. Norton & Company, 1985 Contents: + Loom of Language is definitely comprehensive + Still interesting, still relevant + Constructed Aux. Lang. of International Communication             The Anatomy of Melancholy (New York Review Books Classics)22 reviews Robert Burton NYRB Classics, 2001 Vivisect your mind + Take Small Bites! + melancholy of anatomy + Incredible..             Darconville's Cat11 reviews Alexander Theroux Doubleday, 1981 "Silence [is] the unbearable repartee." + Genius! + A Masterpiece..... + Perfection + A little too melodramatic for my taste             A History of Far Eastern Art, 5th Edition6 reviews Sherman Lee Prentice Hall, 2003 No where is there such a broad base of expertise + Review... + Pretty, chronological, detailed. + what a great deal!             Borges: Selected Non-Fictions13 reviews Jorge Luis Borges Penguin, 2000 A True Lover of Books + Like Always, No surprises, Borges is the man. + The supreme chef of Literary-Philosophical Delicacies + What a great and most interesting writer             Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid244 reviews Douglas R. Hofstadter Basic Books, 1999 Computer Science + An Incredible Intellectual Romp + Literate, Facinating, Readable + My favourite book - ever!             History, Rhetoric, and Proof (Menachem Stern Lectures) Carlo Ginzburg Brandeis/Historical Society of Israel, 1999 Historian Carlo Ginzburg uses the occasion of his Menachem Stern Lectureship to present a provocative and characteristically brilliant examination of the relation between rhetoric and historiography. In four lectures, based on a wide range of texts -- Aristotle's Poetics; humanist Lorenzo Valla's tract exposing the Donation of Constantine as a forgery; an early 18th-century Jesuit historical ...             The New Science of Giambattista Vico (Cornell Paperbacks)8 reviews Giambattista Vico Cornell University Press, 1984 Often Overlooked Masterpiece + Profound Study of Myth, Piety, History and Civics + Places to find Vico + Read Vico! + Masterpiece             Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra4 reviews Jacob Klein Dover Publications, 1992 Klein's work is a masterpiece of philosophical exegesis. + Not light weight + The Inner Workings of the Modern "Abstraction" of Experience from Nature + On 'arithmos' and 'general magnitude'             Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method1 review Carlo Ginzburg The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992 History vs. Science I read this book after reading The Cheese and the Worms and found only one essay of interest, the one of the title. There, Ginzburg argues that history cannot be studied profitably from the scientific (meaning Galilean, or mathematical physics) standpoint, there is inadequate empirical basis for ...             The Loom of Language7 reviews Frederick Bodmer W. W. Norton & Company, 1985 Contents: + Loom of Language is definitely comprehensive + Still interesting, still relevant + Constructed Aux. Lang. of International Communication             The Art and Architecture of Islam, 1250-1800 (The Yale University Press Pelican Histor)2 reviews Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom Yale University Press, 1996 Un libro che permette di vedere l'altro volto dell'Islam + GORGEOUS ISLAM Testo fondamentale nello studio dell'arte islamica e in grado di mostrare anche ai meno esperti i tesori di un mondo troppo a lungo sconosciuto in occidente.             Darconville's Cat11 reviews Alexander Theroux Doubleday, 1981 "Silence [is] the unbearable repartee." + Genius! + A Masterpiece..... + Perfection + A little too melodramatic for my taste             Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid244 reviews Douglas R. Hofstadter Basic Books, 1999 Computer Science + An Incredible Intellectual Romp + Literate, Facinating, Readable + My favourite book - ever!             Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method1 review Carlo Ginzburg The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992 History vs. Science I read this book after reading The Cheese and the Worms and found only one essay of interest, the one of the title. There, Ginzburg argues that history cannot be studied profitably from the scientific (meaning Galilean, or mathematical physics) standpoint, there is inadequate empirical basis for ...